As we come closer to the end of our term as well as numerous other volunteers, there is a crunch of time where we are trying to complete the three homes we have been working on before American Thanksgiving.
Two homes have already been completed this week. Both needed touch-ups, cleaning and house numbers. One major change was the removal of steps and replacement with a 52 foot wheelchair ramp. This became the main job for the week for most of the crew. It was great having warm and sunny weather each day.
For the Thursday evening potluck Jim and I volunteered to do a wok stir-fry as the main dish and others supplied salads, bread and desserts. This went over well with our hungry working crew.
We were informed that Friday afternoon would be the house blessing for both houses in Aransas Pass. As it turned out only the one homeowner Sandra from house #2 could be there and the other owner house #3 with the wheelchair ramp was hospitalized with an infection in her amputated leg and could not be there.
Sandra homeowner #2 was present and told us a little of her story. Not only was her house destroyed but her job was gone as well when the private hospital she worked at was destroyed and was not being rebuilt. She was out of home and job! She was very grateful for her new home.
Our group photo on the day of the house blessing including the son in law of the home owner.
On Saturday afternoon our group of 14 went to King Ranch in Kingsville TX, about an hour from our home base. We first visited the museum and then went to the ranch for a 1 1/2 bus tour showing their specialty bred quarter horses and Santa Gertrudis beef cattle.
Today King Ranch sprawls across 825,000 acres of South Texas land and is the home of 35,000 cattle and over 200 quarter horses. This is the birth place of American ranching.
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